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Kanye’s “Streetcar” Gets a New Passenger

What happens when a familiar Kanye West song gets handed to a new voice, a new beat, and a different corner of the internet? There’s a particular kind of nerve in...

Roisin Quinn’s Beauty From Ruins: Turning the Wreckage Into Art

What if the parts of your life you’re trying hardest to hide are the very things that make your art worth hearing? There’s a particular kind of honesty that...

92_Montie & Mia Snow Turn Heartbreak Into a Two-Sided Story on “Never Asked”

When a relationship falls apart, whose version of the story gets told? Mississippi’s 92_Montie is back with “Never Asked,” a new duet featuring Mia...

JMERGZ’s “Alphabet Soup”: When Rap Turns Into a Word Game

Can a rapper turn the entire alphabet into a lyrical obstacle course without making the music feel like homework? JMERGZ is betting that the answer is yes. There’s...

Aaron Koenig’s “Let’s Imagine”: Utopia, With a Twist

Can you borrow the world’s most famous musical dream of peace and still flip its politics on their head? That’s the tightrope Aaron Koenig walks...

MFRJBYRD’s “Dine In Texas”: Southern Pride on the Ride

Can a song bottle the feeling of Texas without turning the Lone Star State into a bumper sticker? That’s the real question when MFRJBYRD pulls up with “Dine...

Drouss’ “First Book”: Ambition, Faith & the Fight Within

Can you chase the life you want without losing yourself in the process? That’s the kind of question that doesn’t leave when the music stops, and it sits...

Maiah Wynne’s Into the Waves: A Protest Song for a World Coming Apart

Somewhere between the hotel-room recordings, the weight of a brutal news cycle, and the kind of personal upheaval that rearranges your entire life, Maiah Wynne found...

AloneKitty’s wide awake: Shoegaze With Its Eyes Open

There’s a particular kind of hurt that doesn’t get quieter when you turn the volume up. It just finds another way into the room. For Toronto’s...